State Government has decided to launch ‘Ekatm Yatra for collection of metals and public-awareness campaign for the statue of Adi Shankaracharya in Omkareshwar. A state organizing committee has been constituted for the yatra which is to be launched in December-January.
Spiritual gurus, state ministers, chairmen of various boards, public representatives, administrative officials, vice-chancellors and subject experts from various sectors have been included in the committee.
Among special invitee members included in the organizing committee are Swami Avdheshanand Giri Juna Akhada, Paramatmanand Saraswati General Secretary Acharya Mahasabha, Swami Samvit Somgiri Bikaner, Swami Govind Dev Pune, Swami Vigyanand New Delhi, Swami Harivrihandanand Uttarkashi, Swami Mudit Vayanand Rajkot, Swami Pranavanand Omkareshwar and Swami Mitranand Chinmay Mission.
Members of the organizing committee include Swami Hariharanand Amarkantak, Head Ramkrishna Mission Bhopal, Gwalior and Indore, Jagatdev Neshtic Vice Chancellor Gurukul University, Hoshangabad, Sudesh Shandilya Karunadham Ashram Bhopal, Anand Kanarkar Akhand Paramdham, Ujjain Swami Umesh Nath, Acharya Shekhar, Ranganathacharya, Asangji Maharaj Hyderabad, Swami Narmadanand Omkareshwar, Mahamandaleshwar Asanganand Saraswati, Uttam Swami Indore,
Mahant Chandramadas Tyagi Bhopal, Mahant Rambhadracharya Chitrakut, Jabalpur’s Swami Girishanand and Sadhvi Pragya Bharti, Swami Aishwaryanand of Indore, Head Chinmay Mission Bhayyuji Maharaj, Swami Pranav Chaitanyapuri of Varanasi, Satya Sanghanand, Head Swami Narayan Community, Durganand Giri, Regional Head Prajapita Brahmakumari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya Madhya Pradesh besides regional heads of Swadhayay, Radhaswami, Aurobindo Ashram, Puttaparthi community, Sahajyoga, Yogada Satsang, Samanvay Samaj and Jaibaba Gurudev.
Others include Vice-Chancellor of Sanchi Boudh Vishwavidyalaya and Sandipani Ashram, former Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan Professor Kutumbh Shastri, Vice-Chancellor of Punaruthhan Sansthan Su Indumati Katdare, Dr. Nagendra of Vivekananda Yoga Vishwavidyalaya and Professor Ramnath Jha of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.